How do free url redirectors make their money?

de Franklin 04/10/2006 02:47

How do the free url redirector services make their money?

I mean the sort of short URL like:
"http://kickme.to/freeware"

How do these companies make their money? Do they gouge you after a
free year or charge a high price for something you need to have?

One of my reasons for getting that sort of URL is that it can be used
for a long time and even if I change webspace provider. But do the
free URL providers tend to open & close their operations with no real
long term prescence?